Thats a veeeeeeeeerry hard question to answer...... shamrock was #1 for most of the 90s.. but Rickson was undefeated....and much better than Royce, who went 1-1 with Ken...

I don't know what to say... It is a fight that I would have paid to watch. ken folded sometimes,during his career and sort of underperformed... Rickson never did that.. i dont know.. Common sense should propably say Shamrock, but I am torn here..

I will vote for Rickson, although I think that Ken would have had a better share of victories, had they fought 10 times.

Mr Meow wrote:Credit to KOP for the inspiration behind this thread from Chat last Saturday

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Ken, Frank, Bas, Funaki, Suzuki , Mezger etc etc. all rape Hickson in 1997 with gloves on and no special rules so Rickson can beat up a broken down man or 1996 with no gloves. Those gifs are beauties phil...amazing takedown defense sprawl into a standing guillotine....and then how do you even explain the awesome that is landing a belly to belly suplex in a real fight. Made it looks just as easy as this fake one:

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Fragg you shame yourself and your family for a thousand generations for suggesting that Ken loses to Hickson. Royce beat Ken with a cheap trick with his gi the first time....and Ken wasn't in his prime either. Ken around 96-98 rapes Hickson badly. Gi...or no Gi.

Mr Meow wrote:Credit to KOP for the inspiration behind this thread from Chat last Saturday

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philphan wrote:

Ken, Frank, Bas, Funaki, Suzuki , Mezger etc etc. all rape Hickson in 1997 with gloves on and no special rules so Rickson can beat up a broken down man or 1996 with no gloves. Those gifs are beauties phil...amazing takedown defense sprawl into a standing guillotine....and then how do you even explain the awesome that is landing a belly to belly suplex in a real fight. Made it looks just as easy as this fake one:

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Fragg you shame yourself and your family for a thousand generations for suggesting that Ken loses to Hickson. Royce beat Ken with a cheap trick with his gi the first time....and Ken wasn't in his prime either. Ken around 96-98 rapes Hickson badly. Gi...or no Gi.

Yes yes i was waiting for a bit more feedback before I gave my opinion

Shamrock in his prime in the 90s I think decimates Rickson pretty hard. I think he is just too good everywhere. Plus Hickson was a great athlete but prime Shamrock was perhaps the p4p most explosive fighter ever. The dude went from gear 0 to gear 4 way quicker than anyone at that weight and especially at that time.

Mid 90s UFC rules in an octagon I see shamrock winning with a tko later in the fight.